FORT WORTH-DALLAS (April 28, 2001) - Kris Rourke of Temecula, Calif.
barely nosed out Clifford Adoptante of Riverside, Calif. to capture
Saturday night's Young Chevrolet AirMX Challenge presented by KZPS
freestyle motocross event at Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. The victory
was worth $10,000 to Rourke, his first of the year on the national
motocross motorcycle circuit.

Rourke put together a near flawless performance that included freestyle
aerobatic moves such as the Rodeo, Knack Knack, Double Heart Attack, Seat
Grab Indian Air and a double helicopter. Rourke scored 92.83 points for
his performance to edge Adoptante's 92.00. Adoptante, the AirMX Challenge
point leader, earned $7,500.

Justin Homan of Portland, Ore. advanced through two preliminary qualifying
rounds of jumps and surprised the crowd by placing third with a score of
90.50. Homan earned $5,000 for his initial top-five performance of the
year. Earlier in the evening, Homan cleared the 21-foot level to win the
Step Up competition, a motorcycle high jump contest.

Rounding out the top five were Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg and Ronnie Faisst,
both of Canyon Lake, Calif. Stenberg logged a score of 87.00 and won
$3,500 while Faisst posted an 85.50 score and collected $3,000 for his
efforts.

Preliminary round victories were scored by Rourke in Round 2 while Doug
Parsons of Canyon Lake, Calif. kicked off the program by capturing Round
1. A total of 18 riders competed for the $56,000 purse.

The AMA Progressive Insurance U.S. Flat Track Championship invades Texas
Motor Speedway next Saturday night, May 5 for the Huffines Chevrolet
Lewisville AMA Flat Track Nationals. The leading dirt oval track
motorcycle racers in the country will compete on the four-tenths mile
banked dirt track. Defending AMA national champion Joe Kopp will lead a
large field that will include local riders Terry Poovey, Jason Tyer and
Willie McCoy. Tickets are available by calling the speedway at (817)
215-8500.